News

News

Munich Re Specialty taps Aspen, XL Catlin to lead Americas underwriting

Munich Re Specialty Group (MRSG) of London has added former Aspen and XL Catlin executives to lead its underwriting team.   31 August 2018

News

Aon bolsters cyber leadership to boost growth, innovation

Broker Aon has promoted Catherine Mulligan and Luke Foord-Kelcey within its reinsurance solutions business to strengthen its suite of cyber products for insurers.   31 August 2018

Insurance

Facebook evidence helps AXA win fraud case against boxing champion

French insurer AXA has won a fraud court case in the UK against three-time Home Counties boxing champion Conroy Downer by using Facebook evidence.   31 August 2018

Insurance

US P&C sector operating return up 8% in H1

US property/casualty (P&C) re/insurers have improved operating returns by 8.0 percent year on year in the first half of 2018 after an increase of 6.8 percent in the same period of 2017, according to Fitch Ratings.   31 August 2018

Alternative Risk Transfer

Cyber: putting the ‘year in the middle’ to good use

Cyber is developing steadily: the ILS market has the potential to solve many of its challenges and Bermuda could sit at the heart of that solution. Tom Johansmeyer of PCS, Verisk Insurance Solutions, takes a look at a neglected period of time for the market.   30 August 2018

Alternative Risk Transfer

Treading the fine line to ILS success

Bermuda has solidified its place as the go-to location for insurance-linked securities in recent years, according to Brad Adderley, corporate partner at offshore law firm Appleby.   30 August 2018

Insurance

Maiden to sell North America reinsurance operations

Maiden Holdings is in advanced discussions regarding the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Maiden Reinsurance North America (MRNA) to a third party.   30 August 2018

Insurance

Insurtech Heluss strikes $2m gold agreement with fintech HelloGold

Canadian blockchain-based insurtech firm Heluss has entered into an agreement with Southeast Asian fintech investment platform HelloGold over supply of gold and custody services.   30 August 2018

Insurance

Bought By Many co-founder unimpressed by Amazon insurance plan

Amazon’s rumoured plan to set up an insurance price comparison service is unlikely to cause much impact in the insurance industry and there would be far more disruptive opportunities for Amazon to enter the market, insurtech Bought By Many co-founder Steven Mendel, told Intelligent Insurer.   30 August 2018

Alternative Risk Transfer

ILS market powers forwards

Despite a string of disasters the ILS market continues to grow. Intelligent ILS talks to Dominic Wheatley of Guernsey Finance.   30 August 2018

Not finding what you're looking for, please try resetting your applied search and filters,
or try the full site search.